Category: 3. Europe

The UK has recorded its hottest day of the year so far – while Europe has also faced extreme heat, and wildfires have raged in Turkey.

A temperature of 34.7C (94.4F) was recorded at St James’s Park in central London on Tuesday…

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01/07/2025 – 21:00 GMT+2

French President Emmanuel Macron held his first phone call in three years with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, a conversation the Kremlin called…

“Poland’s western border is ceasing to exist,” Mariusz Błaszczak, a senior PiS politician, warned last week. He blamed Tusk’s “servility toward Berlin.” Sławomir Mentzen, a Confederation leader, accused the Polish Border Guard of cooperating with Germany in accepting illegal…

The center-left Socialist Party brought forth the measure after retirement reform talks fell apart last week.

It was the latest concession after days of behind-the-scenes wrangling with Labour rebels.

One of Starmer’s junior ministers, Stephen Timms, announced at the 11th-hour in the Commons that the government would drop a clause in the bill bringing in the controversial planned changes to…

Araghchi reported that he had emphasized Tehran’s deep mistrust of the United States during the call. He also condemned the “destructive approach” that “some European countries” and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi had taken to the recent conflict between Israel and Iran. Their…

“He called for the establishment, as soon as possible, of a ceasefire and the launch of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia for a solid and lasting resolution to the conflict,” the Elysée said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Kremlin noted that Putin reminded Macron that the war in…

Asia’s container exports to Europe reached 1.64 million TEUs in April, marking an 8.4% two back-to-back months of year-on-year increase, according to data from the Japan Maritime Center (JMC) based on Container Trades…